Yet the role of leading gun control groups and advocates, and even local organizers, has plainly aggravated and frustrated critics of Saturday’s marches. And Ms. Knoop worked with Gun Sense Vermont, which advocates tighter gun laws in the state. “They handled the finances, any donations we got, they were paying for everything, which was really, really helpful,” Ms. Knoop said. That left Ms. Knoop to attend long weekly planning meetings in Burlington, about an hour away from her school. “I definitely fell back in school a bit for it,” Ms. Knoop said, “but to me, that was worth it.”

Source: New York Times March 25, 2018 23:48 UTC